{"product_id":"taste-of-venom-a-griff-t-k-blackwood-9798276698465","title":"Taste of Venom (A Griff Mercer Action-Thriller)","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Cold War never ended. It just got hotter.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen American intelligence operative Griffin Mercer is dispatched to Morocco to hunt down an international criminal, he uncovers a far more dangerous conspiracy: twenty canisters of stolen Tabun nerve gas are missing. His hunt to recover them leads him to the spy-infested city of Zurich, East Asia's casino empire in Macau, and whispers of a ghost submarine lost to history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer name is Bao Nguyen. Once a South Vietnamese exile, now the most feared pirate in the Pacific. With a stolen Soviet attack sub, a blood feud against communism, and plans that could incinerate a continent, she's more than a myth-she's Mercer's new target.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut in a world where no one plays straight and every alliance hides a knife, Mercer finds himself gambling with more than his cover. To stop a madwoman with a nuclear submarine and a vendetta, Mercer is pulled into a high-stakes game of betrayal, baccarat, and brinkmanship-with millions of lives in the balance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHigh stakes card games, deadly nerve gas, and a Pirate Queen with nothing left to lose.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTASTE OF VENOM\u003c\/b\u003e is a gripping espionage thriller set in an alternate 1990s, where the world has been reshaped by limited nuclear war. Alliances have frayed, superpowers smolder, and shadows rule the battlefield.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e T. K. Blackwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798276698465\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/29\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.57d","brand":"T. K. Blackwood","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49170961858815,"sku":"9798276698465","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/taste-of-venom-a-griff-t-k-blackwood-9798276698465","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}